The March on Washington
[Blog] A. Philip Randolph & the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

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Author: Ben Nussbaum The March on Washington in 1963 has become identified with Martin Luther King, Jr., who delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech in front of a quarter of a million people gathered on the National Mall. But as the March was being organized, King was just … Continue reading

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Emanuel Cleaver on the March: ‘There Are 250,000 People Out There’

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Congressman Emanuel Cleaver recalls the morning of the March on Washington when MLK's staff teased him about the size of the crowd being only 25,000 attendees. Continue reading